Leaping Literacy Reconstructurists
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Peaceful Reconstructionists
What Did They Do?
Match the following actions with each Peaceful Reconstructionist. Read about the work, then put the letter of the Reconstructionist who did the work. Use each letter only once!
Use the Capital Letter!
AIdaBWells
BSojournerTruth
CClaudette Colvin
DRosa Parks
Ida B Wells
Soujourner Truth
Claudette Colvin
Rosa Parks

Which of our Peaceful Reconstructionists was just 15 when she refused to give up her seat on the bus saying it was her constitutional right to sit there?

Which of our Peaceful Reconstructionists was thrown off the train
for not giving up her seat and then sued the railroad?

Which of our Peaceful Reconstructionists worked quietly as a civil rights activist for many years including serving as the NAACP Youth Advisor before refusing to give up her seat on the bus?

Which of our Peaceful Reconstructionists was a preacher with a powerful voice
mixing spoken word and song to inspire others?




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